CBS This Morning Anchor Gayle King Calls On CBS To Make Les Moonves Report Public

NEW YORK (CBS13/AP) – CBS News anchor Gayle King says the network should release its report on sexual misconduct allegations against former chief executive Leslie Moonves, who was ousted on Sunday.

King, speaking Tuesday on “CBS This Morning,” said that “I don’t know how we move forward if we at CBS don’t have full transparency.”

A law firm is investigating reports that Moonves forced women to perform oral sex and retaliated against people who resisted his advances. The former executive has denied the charges. Its report is central to a determination of whether Moonves gets severance.

“Les Moonves has been on the record, he says he didn’t do this things, that it was consensual, that he hasn’t hurt anyone’s career, and I think it would be in his best interest for us to hear what the report finds out,” she said. “On the other hand, we have women who are coming forward, very credibly talking about something that’s so painful and so humiliating. It’s been my experience that women don’t come out and speak this way for no reason. They just don’t.”

It hasn’t been determined whether that report will be made public. Documents show that Moonves and CBS agreed to keep that confidential unless the board determines it’s in the best interest of the company to release it.